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Flitting means gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits..
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/ˈflɪtɪŋ/ · noun
gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits..
the flittings of birds
After the flitting of the bats, / When thickest dark did trance the sky, / She drew the casement-curtain by, / And glanced athwart the glooming flats.
The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous.
Uncle Billy came home for the weekend to help with the flitting.
Poor Margarita's flitting life appeared to concentrate all its powers for this long desired visit, and her eyes seemed to emit a supernatural light, when they were indeed assured that Glentworth stood before her;...
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Flitting means gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits..
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the flittings of birds
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